Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/uncategorized/page/3/)
But the revitalization of sympathy strikes and mass labor organizing all across the country in recent years suggests that the legacy of the Great Pullman Strike remains very much alive today.
Passed in May 2019 the wage theft law amends existing state labor laws and adds new wage and hour requirements, protections and sanctions.
At the start of June with less than a week notice a new contractor, Innovative Handling Solutions, replaced East African workers with majority white workers
A bitter fight between Delta and IAM over the unionization of ground workers and flight attendants landed at Monday’s MAC meeting.
In the process of these negotiations, AFGE District Office Manager Matt Muchowski says that VA management is attempting to undo labor rights that have been won by the union since its founding in 1932.
Documents obtained by ProPublica show that the foundation, a staunch supporter of school choice and Teach For America’s largest private funder, was paying $4,000 for every teacher placed in a traditional public school — and $6,000 for every one placed in a charter school.
The vote calls attention to growing crisis around catering workers’ wages, healthcare amid a booming airline industry
According to these workers, on-the-job injuries are among the top issues at the sprawling plant nestled in the Appalachian mountains of East Tennessee. The union authorization election runs Wednesday through Friday this week; 1,700 workers are eligible to vote.
A group of Muslim workers did not start their 1 pm shift today at a Jennie-O plant in Melrose, Minnesota. Instead they went on strike over allegations of discrimiation. They are claiming that management is not responsive to their needs and are instead changing long-held practices.
The Pro Act would make it easier to from unions and force employers to pay a price for violating workers rights.